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...&.&..&& THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK &&...&&...
...&&&&.&. LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. &.&..&.&..
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&..&.&.&&. ........................................ &&&.&.&..&
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&&&&....&& MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ...&....&&
....&...&. THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE &..&&...&.
....&&..&& UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND &&.&.&..&&
&...&.&.&. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. &.&&&&&.&.
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..&.&..... ...&...&..
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..&...&... ~ PROPERTIES ~ &..&.&.&.&
&.&&..&&.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .&.&&&&&&&
.&&.&.&.&. &&&&......
.&.&&&&&&& THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY ....&.....
.&&&...... VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS &...&&....
.&..&..... SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A .&..&.&...
.&&.&&.... MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. .&&.&&&&..
.&.&&.&... &&.&&...&.
.&&&.&&&.. IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS &.&&.&..&&
&&..&&..&. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. &&&.&&&.&.
&.&.&.&.&& ...&&..&&&
.&&&&&&&&. ...&.&.&..
.&.......& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &..&&&&&&.
.&&......& ~ COLLECTION ~ .&.&.....&
&&.&.....& ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&&&....&
..&&&....& &....&...&
&.&..&...& THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS .&...&&..&
.&&&.&&..& WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .&&..&.&.&
&&..&&.&.& FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT &&.&.&&&&&
..&.&.&&&& EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ..&&&&....
..&&&&&... THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ..&...&...
..&....&.. PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE &.&&..&&..
..&&...&&. PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF &&&.&.&.&.
..&.&..&.& AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND &..&&&&&&&
&.&&&&.&&& HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. .&.&......
&&&...&&.. .&&&&.....
&..&..&.&. MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND .&...&....
&&.&&.&&&& IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU .&&..&&...
&.&&.&&... VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN &&.&.&.&..
&&&.&&.&.. HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ..&&&&&&&.
&..&&.&&&. MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE &.&......&
.&.&.&&..& MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. &&&&.....&
&&&&&&.&.& &...&....&
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&.....&... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..&.&.&..&
.&....&&.. ~ AS A DRUG ~ &.&&&&&&.&
&&&...&.&. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ &&&.....&&
...&..&&&& &..&....&.
...&&.&... . ONE SPOON . .&.&&...&&
&..&.&&&.. ..... &&&&.&..&.
&&.&&&..&. THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ....&&&.&&
..&&..&.&& THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) &...&..&&.
..&.&.&&&. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES .&..&&.&.&
&.&&&&&..& SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED .&&.&.&&&&
.&&....&.& ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT .&.&&&&...
.&.&...&&& SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .&&&...&..
.&&&&..&.. CONFUSING. &&..&..&&.
.&...&.&&. &.&.&&.&.&
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...&.&..&& . FOUR SPOONS . &&...&&...
...&&&&.&. ..... &.&..&.&..
...&...&&& MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .&&&.&&&&.
...&&..&.. THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE .&..&&...&
&..&.&.&&. ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). &&&.&.&..&
.&.&&&&&.& INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, ...&&&&&.&
&&&&....&& ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE ...&....&&
....&...&. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY &..&&...&.
....&&..&& (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. &&.&.&..&&
&...&.&.&. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY &.&&&&&.&.
&&..&&&&&& TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO &&&....&&&
..&.&..... INCLINED). ...&...&..
..&&&&.... ...&&..&&.
..&...&... &..&.&.&.&
&.&&..&&.. . SEVEN SPOONS . .&.&&&&&&&
.&&.&.&.&. ..... &&&&......
.&.&&&&&&& THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ....&.....
.&&&...... NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE &...&&....
.&..&..... THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE .&..&.&...
.&&.&&.... IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER .&&.&&&&..
.&.&&.&... EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY &&.&&...&.
.&&&.&&&.. SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS &.&&.&..&&
&&..&&..&. ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO &&&.&&&.&.
&.&.&.&.&& DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR ...&&..&&&
.&&&&&&&&. LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE ...&.&.&..
.&.......& BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING &..&&&&&&.
.&&......& WATER. .&.&.....&
&&.&.....& &&&&&....&
..&&&....& &....&...&
&.&..&...& . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . .&...&&..&
.&&&.&&..& ..... .&&..&.&.&
&&..&&.&.& OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, &&.&.&&&&&
..&.&.&&&& AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ..&&&&....
..&&&&&... IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH ..&...&...
..&....&.. SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH &.&&..&&..
..&&...&&. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED &&&.&.&.&.
..&.&..&.& OR NOT FORMED. &..&&&&&&&
&.&&&&.&&& .&.&......
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&..&..&.&. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .&...&....
&&.&&.&&&& ~ DANGERS ~ .&&..&&...
&.&&.&&... ~~~~~~~~~~~ &&.&.&.&..
&&&.&&.&.. ..&&&&&&&.
&..&&.&&&. MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - &.&......&
.&.&.&&..& THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO &&&&.....&
&&&&&&.&.& RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE &...&....&
......&&&& FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER &&..&&...&
&.....&... DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ..&.&.&..&
.&....&&.. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO &.&&&&&&.&
&&&...&.&. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING &&&.....&&
...&..&&&& PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). &..&....&.
...&&.&... .&.&&...&&
&..&.&&&.. PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES &&&&.&..&.
&&.&&&..&. FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ....&&&.&&
..&&..&.&& CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE &...&..&&.
..&.&.&&&. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS .&..&&.&.&
&.&&&&&..& ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... .&&.&.&&&&
.&&....&.& WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT .&.&&&&...
.&.&...&&& POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE .&&&...&..
.&&&&..&.. LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, &&..&..&&.
.&...&.&&. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. &.&.&&.&.&
&&&..&&&.& .&&&&.&&&&
...&.&..&& LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE &&...&&...
...&&&&.&. TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE &.&..&.&..
...&...&&& OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .&&&.&&&&.
...&&..&.. BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS .&..&&...&
&..&.&.&&. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE &&&.&.&..&
.&.&&&&&.& THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ...&&&&&.&
&&&&....&& ARE DEAD AND GONE. ...&....&&
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